Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-22
It was M. Smith, our baker.

S.taA CAueA 20 SEE you &DOuE L0lS llttl
check, !" he said. 1.-THE bank refused
TO take i, saying it was not you sig
nature. MFR. a
took the check and looked at it
The amount was So, made payable
to bearer, and my name in iull signed
But it was not my penmanship
though an excellent forgery. J.
'Who gave you this check?" I ask
ed. j.. -. -.z4":. =. ..z.a
"Why, Your girl, Mollie. You know
She always brings checks in paymen
for what she gets and / give her tn,
change. Yesterday she brought thi
and gotta can OF oysters. told her tn,
signature was not natural, but she sait
you scratched it off in great hurr,
just asyou were going out. The bank
however, desires your word for it's au
thenticity before cashing it,
Evelyn had come into the hall dur
ing the conversation, and we looked
at each other in dumb amazement
Was Mollie, our treasure, forger?
Call Mollie, Evelyn" said.
We all went into the library to await
her coming.
She came-pretty, neat, smiling
with her bright honest eyes, a picture
OF youth, sweetness and virtue.
"Mollie, did you present this checl
to Mr.. Smith yesterday, and tell him
l wrote my name in agreat hurry, anc
get the money upon it?'
Mollie looked from one to the 9th
er, grew shade paler and then sale
calmly, eyes, did"
"Did you write my name to that
check, Mollle?"
eyes, did"
"Where did you get the check?"
II took it from your bank book
when l cleaned up the library one
fore?"
Mollie hesita ted.
"Speak! Remember this is g. State
prison crime, and your only salvation
lies in confession"
Eyes, have written your name tc
two checks"
"Mr. Smith, l said, 81 will settle
this matter with you another time"
Mr.. Smith took his departure.
"Mollie," said Evelyn, "come with
me. l want to examine your trunk
Ii you will forge you will steal"
MOllie followed my wife without a
word, and unlocked her trnnk. Moth
ing short Of Noah's ark ever contained
the variety OF articles that were found
in that trunk.
Sheets, pillow cases, stockings, rib.
bons, laces, handkerchiefs, napkins
tea, coffee and sugar were g. few OF the
items.
"How long have you been stealing
from me, Mollie?' asked Evelyn.
''Ever since I first came here"
"What did you take at first? You
must tell me everything, Mollie."
Mollie was silent and sullen.
"Mollie," I said, "unless you are
frank and full in your confessions it
will 90 hard with you. If you make a
clean breast of it we may forgive you,
and grant you q new trial.
Mollie was silent.
"Did you begin with small packages
Of tea and sugar." asked Evelyn gen
thy;
Yes, ma am.
"And you increased them until, Of
late, you have taken five; or six, OF
seven, or eight pounds each month";"
eyes ma am, ! think I took ten
pounds of sugar last month"
"What did you do with it?''
II gave it to my aunt and my sis.
ter"
I groaned aloud. E1No wonder
thought the grocer's bill growing,
Evelyn. Ii the author OF John Hall,
lax, Gentleman, had a domestic like
Mollie, whose relatives were fond oil
green tea, she must have been the in
SEPARATION OF that poem Green Things
Growing" And then an inspiration
seemed to strike me.
"Mollie, did you take any cigars?'
Iqueried in a tender insinuating voice.
Eyes, SIR"
'Lots of cigars, to give to your bean
Jim? Did you keep him we'll sup
piled?
Eyes, SIR
"Aha! Evelyn" I CRIED. '<Truth
crushed to earth win rise again. Vir-
tue receives it's reward at last. Eve
Ign, beg my pardon"
"John, how can you jest at such a
timer" almost sobbed Evelyn, II feel
perfectly heart-broken. Mollie, you
can pack and go, and we will not ar
rest you-but leave the house at
once"
Evelyn, that is unkind," said.
ave must show this girl mercy. Let
us give her one more trial."
Every we'll, Mollie, you can stay
if my husband desires 1t. We
will hush this matter up and
never speak of it, but remember if one
cents worth OF anything is missing
from the house you will be held re.
sponsible for it and discharged in dis.
grace. But we will give you one more
opportunity to redeem your reputa-
ton"
'Thank you," answered Mollie meek.
ly.
But the next morning she came to
us to say that she had decided not to
remain.
"Othello's occupations gone, said
Evelyn. "She won't stay If she can't
steal. And to think how we loved
and trusted that grill"
After Mollie had been in her room
some time Evelyn suddenly made hea
appearance there also.
II have concluded that I will take
parting glance at the contents 81
your trunk before you co." she said
.Moliie resisted stoutly, but Evelyn
with the quiet force Of q strong, calm
nature, proceeded with her investiga
tions. And what do you think she
found at the bottom Of everything?
Why, all our silver forks, which w
had supposed taken by the burglars
This was the last straw. Evelyn in
sisted upon placing her in the custody